13

Feb

2019

Recall – Universal Viewer error leads to potential for incorrect diagnosis

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Company: GE Healthcare, LLC
Date of Enforcement Report: 2/1/2019
Class II

PRODUCT

GE Healthcare Centricity Universal Viewer Breast Imaging Centricity Universal Viewer is a device that displays medical images and data from various imaging sources, and from other healthcare information sources. Medical images and data can be displayed, communicated, stored, and processed. Typical users of this system are authorized healthcare professionals. Centricity Universal Viewer is intended to assist in the viewing, analysis, diagnostic interpretation, and sharing of images and other information.

Recall Number: Z-0793-2019

REASON

When switching back & forth between multiple UV instances in the Windows taskbar, the patient images displayed on the mammo high resolution monitors may not show images of the patient selected on UV, which could result in an incorrect diagnosis.

RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER

GE Healthcare, LLC, Waukesha, WI on 12/20/2018. Voluntary: Firm Initiated, recall is ongoing.

VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
297 (131 US; 166 OUS)

DISTRIBUTION
U.S. Nationwide and International

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